.NET 4.0 and the Task Parallel Library (TPL)

I've been tasked with presenting a training session at work on the new concurrent programming features in the .NET Framework 4.0, so I've been playing around with a Mandelbrot set visualiser for which I have written three routines: a sequential routine, a (potentially) each line can be calculated in parallel, and a third where (potentially) … Continue reading .NET 4.0 and the Task Parallel Library (TPL)

Using XPath with a default namespace in .NET 2.0

I have recently been writing an assembly which facilitates automatic deployment of K2.Net 2003 workflows. The assembly reads in a configuration file and deploys the workflows as specified in the configuration file. Also, rather than writing any custom code to validate the XML, I decided to use an XML Schema Definition, mainly because it saves … Continue reading Using XPath with a default namespace in .NET 2.0